Recent content by JHBassman

I've also had similar problems when trying to incorporate "good technique" into my playing... but for me it's my pinky that gives me most problems... Anyhow, someone mentioned earlier in the thread that this seems to be a technique that is derived from upright playing, which I believe to be...

Another thing to keep in mind as you are shopping- the wattages that companies report for their amps can be misleading. For example, the Behringer BXL 3000 claims to have 300 watts, but I've played through this amp and it certainly doesn't sound any louder than similar combos from other...

In this price range, as has been said before, you're pretty much looking at a combo amp with either two tens or a fifteen inch speaker. Something that is about 100 watts and that has a fifteen inch speaker is probably the way to go for you. Alot of people go for tens for the tone they get out of...

Thanks for all your responses... tons of help. I realize there are a lot of options out there for basses with good playability... So maybe I ought to narrow down my options. Seems like Fender is offering a good deal of basses with great playability, and since I started with a Fender and have...

Is this a Made in America Fender or elsewhere? How would you compare it to other Fenders (Geddy Lee, MIA Jazz, etc.)...?

I am currently looking for a new bass. I have been playing an old MIM P-bass for a while now and I am pretty sick of it. It sounds all right, but the playability is just awful! High action and huge neck! Recently picked up an '82 Hamer Cruisebass, and I like the neck better than my P-bass...

I feel your pain man... You're talking to a reggae lover here, I try to play as much reggae as possible but it's hard without musicians who really care. Anyhow, here is some examples of some new stuff that I think is pretty cool. Unfortunately, it seems like the best new stuff out there is...

Man, great clips! You can really hear the difference between the fender tone and the more modern (to my ears) sadowsky. From these clips, I really like the passive Fender fingerstyle tone you get. That seems to be the roundest, fullest tone you get in all your clips. Did notice that once I...

This forum has touched on a pretty complicated issue for bands; sound on stage vs. front of house sound... so I will try to keep it relatively short... My band plays mostly local bar gigs where it is very difficult to achieve a good sound both onstage and in the FOH. We recently hired a...

Oops sorry not done... The difference here is that the SVT 4 has the ability to run Stereo, meaning you can run two cabinets off two separate amps... an advantage if you have two 4 ohm cabinets, which you probably wouldn't want to run at 2 ohms... also an advantage is you have stereo effects...

I've played through the SVT 6 and 4 and they both sound pretty awesome. The key difference here is that the

I have owned the exact same setup and gigged regularly with it. The limiter is most definately crap, and using it will not help out your sound at all. You might be experiencing the same problem with this set up as I have had. I never used the limiter, and found that the amp would clip pretty...

I've seen an older fender P (70's era) modified to a five string. If you are in love with the old P-basses, I'm guessing that would probably be the best way to get a five string version. The neck is probably big enough as long as you don't mind a little string crowding. As far as pickups go...

Having recently purchased a BBE, I would reccomend it to anybody playing any style of music. There are probably no sound clips that really do it justice because the effect it has on your sound is rather subtle (when used correctly). It is an addictive improvement to your sound... I recently...